The 2014 James Beard Awards, held at Gotham Hall in New York City, have been going on since Friday and continue through tonight, when the chef and restaurant awards will be announced. So who won the prestigious book, broadcast and journalism awards this year? Congratulations go to British chef Heston Blumental, whose book
Historic Heston won Cookbook of the Year.Â
Diana Kennedy was inducted into the Cookbook Hall of Fame. Anthony Bourdain won forÂ
The Mind of a Chef on PBS. Public radio and television took home quite a few honors, as did the publication
Lucky Peach, which won in multiple categories. Ina Garten won Outstanding Host for her
Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network, andÂ
GQ's Alan Richman won this year's Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award.
On the home front, L.A.-based cookbook writer Martha Rose Shulman and Jacquy Pfeiffer won in the Baking category with their book,
The Art of French Pastry. And the
Weekly's own Besha Rodell won for her
Punch essay "40 Ounces to Freedom." Read on for the complete list of awards, and check back later to see who won this year's chef and restaurants awards. Then maybe go out to dinner.
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Radio Show/Audio Webcast
This American Life
Host: Ben Calhoun
Area: Public Radio
Producer: Ben Calhoun
Special/DocumentaryEating Alabama
Network: PBS
Producers: Andrew Beck Grace and Bartley Powers
Television Program, in Studio or Fixed LocationMartha Stewart's Cooking School
Host: Martha Stewart
Network: PBS
Producers: Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, Martha Stewart, Calia Van Dyk, and Lisa Wagner
Television Program, on LocationThe Mind of a Chef
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Network: PBS
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia
Television SegmentFriday Arts, Art of Food
Network: WHYY-TV
Producer: Monica Rogozinski
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or InstructionalThirsty For...
youtube.com/tastemade
Producers: Jay Holzer and Eric Slatkin
Video Webcast, on Location The Perennial Plate: Europe and South Asia
theperennialplate.com
Hosts: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Producers: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Outstanding Personality/HostHost: Ina Garten
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
Network: Food Network
2014 James Beard Foundation Journalism AwardsCooking, Recipes, or InstructionAndy Ricker
Saveur
"The Star of Siam"
Food and Culture John Birdsall
Lucky Peach
"America, Your Food Is So Gay"
Food and TravelNick Paumgarten
Bon Appétit
"Lunch at 8,500 Ft."
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication The Wall Street Journal "Off Duty" Section
Beth Kracklauer
Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment Eli Saslow
The Washington Post
"Food Stamps"
Food-Related ColumnsAdam Sachs
Bon Appétit
The Obsessivore
Group Food BlogFirst We Feast
Health and Well-BeingRachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell
"The Whole-Grain, Reduced-Fat, Zero-Calorie, High-Fiber, Lightly Sweetened Truth About Food Labels"
Humor
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
"On the Trail with Wylie"
Individual Food BlogHomesick Texan
Lisa Fain
Personal EssayFuchsia Dunlop
Lucky Peach
"Dick Soup"
ProfileFrancis Lam
Lucky Peach
"A Day on Long Island with Alex Lee"
Visual StorytellingJames Maikowski, Patricia Sanchez, Stephen Scoble, and Fredrika Stjärne
Food & Wine
"Best New Chef All-Stars," "Oysters & Gumbo: A Chef's New Orleans Party," "Vegetables Now"
Wine, Spirits, and Other BeveragesBesha Rodell
Punch
"40 Ounces to Freedom"
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award Alan Richman
GQ
"Alan Richman Walks Into a Jewish Deli...," "The Elm: Is Brooklyn Ready for Sophisticated Dining?," "ZZ's, the Most Expensive 58 Minutes in New York Dining"
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award John Jeremiah Sullivan
Lucky Peach
"I Placed a Jar in Tennessee"
2014 James Beard Foundation Book AwardsCookbook of the YearHistoric Heston
Heston Blumenthal
(Bloomsbury USA)
Cookbook Hall of FameDiana Kennedy
American CookingÂ
The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes
Amy Thielen
(Random House)
Baking and DessertThe Art of French Pastry
Jacquy Pfeiffer with Martha Rose Shulman
(Knopf)
BeverageThe Cocktail Lab: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flavor and Aroma in Drink, with RecipesTony Conigliaro
(Ten Speed Press)
Cooking from a Professional Point of ViewHistoric Heston Heston Blumenthal
(Bloomsbury USA)
Focus on HealthGluten-Free Girl Every DayShauna James Ahern with Daniel Ahern
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
General Cooking Smoke: New Firewood CookingTim Byres
(Rizzoli New York)
InternationalEvery Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home CookingFuchsia Dunlop
(W. W. Norton & Company)
PhotographyRené Redzepi: A Work in ProgressPhotographers: Ali Kurshat Altinsoy, Ditte Isager, René Redzepi, Lars Williams, and the Noma Team
(Phaidon Press)
Reference and ScholarshipSoul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time Adrian Miller
(The University of North Carolina Press)
Single SubjectCulinary Birds: The Ultimate Poultry CookbookJohn Ash with James O. Fraioli
(Running Press)
Vegetable Focused and VegetarianVegetable LiteracyDeborah Madison
(Ten Speed Press)
Writing and LiteratureSalt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked UsMichael Moss
(Random House)
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